Angry tweeters confuse @SCOTUSblog with Supreme Court

When tweeting in frustration, it helps to direct your anger toward the right target.

There were social media-using court watchers around the country who took to Twitter to express their dissatisfaction with Monday's Supreme Court's decision in Burwell (Sebelius) v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., the 5-4 decision that said some for-profit companies can't be forced to pay for certain types of contraceptives for their workers. Several tweeters directed their comments right to the Supreme Court.

The only problem: The Supreme Court isn't on Twitter.

What is on Twitter is SCOTUSblog, a privately-run blog that covers Supreme Court news. So instead of directing angry comments to the justices responsible for the ruling, people tweeting to @SCOTUSblog were chastising a group of bloggers who had nothing to do with making the decision.

And the folks at SCOTUSblog decided to have a little fun with the confusion, retweeting several tweets with their own comments added.

In some cases, SCOTUSblog's writers responded as themselves.

Or when bloggers decide the law? MT @alyssaanton: @SCOTUSblog proves democracy cannot work when leaders are appointed instead of elected.